10 Days of Giveaways: Comment to Win Tarte’s The Vanity Palette

The giveaway is now closed, and I’m contacting the winner by e-mail. Good luck!

Heya, girls. It’s just before 4:30AM here in jungly Kaneohe, but my body hasn’t adjusted to the time difference yet. I’m wide awake (the neighborhood chickens aren’t even up!).

As usual for mornings here, it’s raining, but the sound of it is keeping me company as I type this post in the dark.

I hope you slept well because it’s time for today’s Tarte giveaway and the MBB virtual Saturday potluck!

Bring your flip-flops, the macaroni salad and your swim trunks because weekends in Hawaii are all about picnicking and hanging out with friends and family at the beach.

And just because we’re not all in the same ‘hood this afternoon doesn’t mean we can’t all make it to the party.

The prize

One lucky lady will win Tarte’s The Vanity palette (a $52 value).

Bring your imagination because this mega-palette comes stacked with three levels of lip, cheek and eye makeup.

The Vanity is limited edition (read: hard to find), released during holiday 2008, but if you missed her then, here’s a chance to try again.

How to enter

To enter the giveaway and attend this afternoon’s virtual potluck, just leave a comment on this post with what you’re going to bring to the party. There will be a lot of us, so we’ll need tons of snacks (what Hawaiians call pupus) and food, beach games and beverages.

Well ladies since I will be coming from the Virgin Islands for this picnic I am going to bring along some of our local color with some conch fritters, plantain, and spinach rice. I will also bring along some coconut, pineaple and vanilla rum this is sure to help CBS with her frozen drink creations.

WoW! what a prize Karen!
I will bring my “famous” no mayo slaw–it’s so yummy and perfect for summer BBQs and picnics. And I’ll bring something to play with too-maybe a volleyball set or nerf ball to toss around. Plus chairs! 🙂

I’ll bring my favorite marinated chicken to grill, along with the veggies to grill with it (mushrooms, onions, green peppers, red peppers, yellow peppers, zucchini and yellow squash). To finish the meal off I’ll make homemade guacamole and tortilla chips and we can’t forget the Corona’s with lime. Hope eveyone likes it!

I’ll bring my mom’s samosa’s with extra spicy filling that will go perfectly with the ice tea and mojitos I plan to make. For desert it would be something light like maybe a pavlova. Yes I’m going to go all international on this feast.

I will birng the dessert I know how to make Stawberry, Mango and Banana Sorbet on a sugar cone is the best and the dulce de leche candie is always a hit (yeah I have a bit of a sweet tooth)And a toy for Tabs to keep occupied.

Hmm, this all sounds good! I’ll bring some more lemonade, since you can never have enough lemonade at a picnic. I’ll also bring some fresh bell peppers and thick potato chips for my guacamole cream dip. I’ll also pass by a store and get some more cookies, you can *never* have enough cookies, either!

I fell in love with Kona coffee ice cream when I visited the Big Island years ago. It might be tricky and even a little messy, but who wouldn’t love to wolf down some ice cream cake while sitting on a gorgeous beach!

I want in on this fabulous soiree ladies. I’ll bring the homemade handsqueezed limeades with fabulous floppy hats (with wire in the brims to keep their shape). Oh…and a dish of my mother’s homemade pineapple pretzel salad. Don’t laugh…it’s PHENOMENAL!!(Here’s a link to recipe online if you want to try it…http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1643,151165-238198,00.html)

Hi, I am ready for the party. I will bring some poi, guava, pineapples, bananas, fresh coconuts,my hula skirt and the music. I even might do the hula for you. I will bring the drinks called the blue wave and of course their traditional pina colada drink and roasted pig cooked in a hole with leaves and seasoning, some chicken. I can bring some of my New Zealander friends to meet everyone. The last thing I will bring is my Ukulele and play a tune and bring the flowers and string to make leis for all. We are going to have a blast at the part you will see

I’m bringing a platter of shrimp lumpia and pork lumpia with a garlic vinegar dipping sauce and a sweet and spicy dipping sauce!!! A 12 pack of Stella Artois, a CD player with a couple of mixed CD’s and my badminton set!! Who’s ready to party?!

I would bring a few gallons of water, a few bags of ice (who can ever have too much ice?) and my delicious, refreshing homestyle lemonade as far as drinks go. As for food, I would bring my three favorites: SUPER sweet, fresh pineapple chunks, roast potatoes and French onion dip w/ Ruffles! Almost forgot – what tropical potluck is complete without a limbo set, boom box and some Jamaican guy with dreads saying “Ow fahr ken you leemboooo?!” LOL!

I think I’ll bring an entire roast pig on a spit, just for the tropical feel… HAHA or, if that doesn’t work out for some reason, I think I’ll go with strawberry lemonade, spring rolls, and a limbo stick. 😀

oh god, I’m 55 minutes away from the deadline! I was totally going to enter this 12 hours ago but I had to skidaddle, lol. So I would definitely bring pizelles! They sound so fancy, yet are the simplest most delicious thing!